In the Volume

London born author Alex Hyde-White's English father named him Punch hoping it would be lucky and he started his life as a precocious son of a rather famous actor. In In the Volume actor Hyde-White shares his story from Hollywood's front lines which spans more than four decades of the most transformational period in film and television history. This memoir chronicles Hyde-White's early life growing up in England; moving to Palm Springs in the 1960's; graduating from high school at sixteen; getting started in Hollywood; working as a cab driver bartender waiter and ski shop clerk while looking for acting gigs; playing his first part in a movie as the photographer in The Toy; and more acting in some huge box office hits. In the Volume reveals Hyde-White's journey at times majestic magical wondrous and fulfilling. These intimate tales of triumph and failure offer both caution and inspiration.